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Pharmaceutical Management for Tuberculosis (PMTB) Assessment Manual
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major killer of adults worldwide, surpassed only by HIV/AIDS. In 2002, TB caused two million deaths, and the toll is rapidly worsening in some regions, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where the TB and HIV/AIDS epidemics are closely linked. TB has the greatest impact on the poor, but all income groups are at risk. Global initiatives such as the Global Drug Facility (GDF), the Stop TB Partnership, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), and the Green Light Committee (GLC) have been established to combat TB.